Nokia Patents Tattoo Of The Future
SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) — Imagine a tattoo that receives phone calls. Although it’s currently science fiction, Nokia is betting it could make it happen. In fact, the company is so confident, they’ve...
View ArticleNow Available For Your iPad
YourDay Launch YourDay™ is the new iPad app that brings the best of the local web right to your fingertips. Select your city, sit back and let YourDay™ update you on the latest news, sports, weather,...
View Article3-D Printer Used To Construct Gun Parts
DENVER (CBS Seattle) – America’s history is deeply rooted in the access and possession of firearms, but now in the Internet age, accessing gun parts can be as easy as downloading a music file....
View ArticleGoogle Cutting 4,000 Motorola Jobs In Consolidation
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google is cutting about 4,000 jobs at its Motorola Mobility wireless phone business and will close or consolidate about one-third of Motorola’s 90 locations. The reductions...
View ArticleArmed, 6-Ton Robots For Sale To Civilians For Over $1 Million
SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) – The neighborhood watch team just got a technological upgrade. Suidobashi Heavy Industry – a Japanese company – is displaying its high-tech robotic suit that could even have Iron...
View ArticleMicrosoft Unveils New Logo
REDMOND, Wash. (CBS Seattle) – Microsoft unveils a new look after going with the same logo the past quarter-century. Replacing the “wavy” window that adorned Microsoft products for the past 25 years,...
View ArticleSamsung Ordered To Pay Apple $1.05 Billion In Patent Lawsuit
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad. The...
View ArticleSwarm Of 50 Synchronized Drones Take Flight Over Austria
LINZ, Austria (CBS Seattle) — A swarm of drones lit up the night sky in Linz, Austria last week. According to DVICE, 50 AscTec Hummingbird quadrocopters were programmed by Ars Electronica Futurelab...
View ArticleApple Competitors Trying To Get Head Start Before Next Week’s iPhone Unveiling
NEW YORK (AP) — Nokia and Motorola have unveiled five new smartphones between them, while Amazon is expected to announce a new Kindle Fire this week before attention turns to a new iPhone from Apple...
View ArticlePlenty Of Rumors About Apple’s iPhone 5 Ahead Of Next Week’s Launch
SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) — The only thing that anyone definitely knows about the new iPhone is that Apple is planning to show off something on Sept. 12 and a new iPhone couldn’t have come in at a more...
View ArticleChina’s Foxconn Reportedly Forces 32,000 Students To Build iPhone 5
TUCHENG, China (CBS Seattle) – Foxconn, the Chinese company that builds electronic devices for Apple, is again under scrutiny for its labor practices. The New York Times reports that the company is...
View ArticleNew Thermal Imaging System Could Help Detect Drunk People
PATRAS, Greece (CBS Seattle) – A new use for old technology could give police a hand in spotting drunks in public. In a paper that was published in the “International Journal of Electronic Security and...
View ArticleApple Officially Unveils New iPhone 5
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (CBS Seattle) – Apple has officially unveiled the new iPhone 5. Although details are trickling out about the new device, the iPhone 5 definitely has some serious updates. The...
View ArticleApple: iPhone 5 Preorders Topped 2 Million In 24 Hours
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple says iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million in 24 hours, more than double the amount of iPhone 4S preorders. The company also says that while most preorders will be...
View ArticleStudy: Apple Users Spend Nearly $6 Billion To Fix Broken iPhones
SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) — Can Siri help fix a broken iPhone? A new study finds that Apple users have spent nearly $6 billion to get their iPhones fixed over the past five years. SquareTrade, a technology...
View ArticleFacebook Stock Plummets After Financial Magazine Calls It ‘Too Pricey’
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook Inc.’s stock took a hit Monday after an article in the financial magazine Barron’s said it is “still too pricey” despite a sharp decline since its initial public offering....
View ArticleTiVo Wins Another Patent Case, Verizon Must Pay $250 Million
SEATTLE (AP) – Verizon will pay Tivo Inc. at least $250.4 million to license its digital video recording technology and settle a patent lawsuit. It is the third settlement that Tivo has garnered in...
View ArticlePersonnel Change Is Key In Yahoo’s Performance Timeline
SEATTLE (CBS SEATTLE) – Key events involving Yahoo Inc. and its performance: Nov. 17, 2008: Yahoo Inc. says co-founder Jerry Yang will step down as CEO as soon as a replacement is found. It ends a...
View ArticleNestle Puts GPS Devices Inside Candy Bars To Track Winning Customers
LONDON (CBS Seattle) — Nestle is using GPS inside its candy bars to track its customers. The candy company launched the “We Will Find You” campaign in the United Kingdom where GPS tracking devices...
View ArticleResearchers Constructing Simulated Bee Brains To Make Robots Fly
SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) — Researchers are hoping to construct a simulated bee brain in order to make robots fly. Scientists from the University of Sheffield and University of Sussex are building models...
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